The nurse called this morning with them and not only informed me that this lab won't run a Free t4 but they forgot to run the thyrogobulin antibody test! I could scream. She was also surprised that I was upset that I had waited a month!!!!! I am so ged up!!!

Anyway here are the ones I did get back. I know they mean nothing without that freet4 but see if any of you experts can help me here.

I also always have high thyrogobulin antibodies and that is the one they "forgot" to check! I am going in today for a retest. The thing is now my insurance won't pay because they only want to pay for 6 month checks! Oh, I have lost all faith in the medical community!

Tell me if anyone can see anything from those numbers or if I am out of luck til I get the free t4.

bumping this up for myself...............listen to this................I went and had more blood drawn and the lab ( labcorp ) decided that they didn't have to run a free t4 since my tsh is normal. Can you believe this? My dr faxed them an order saying I have hashimotos and I need that test! I am so disgusted with the whole thing.

Couldn't you just scream when a bunch of bloodsuckers thinks they know better than the doctor?

Anyway, I'm not sure what kind of information you're looking for. You know you have Hashi's, and yep, your labs look hypo. Even without the FT4. Your total T4 is low enough to presume your free hormone is low, and your FT3 should be around 3.8.
Have you started treatment yet?

Mind you this is after waiting a month for my labs!!!!!!!!! So you do think my labs look hypo anyway? I had the free t4 run yesterday and the thyrogobulin ( which I always test positive for) but the lab decided that once positive I didn't need to keep track of it!!! I am so disgusted with it all!!

I will post my free t4 when I get it back ( it better not be a month!). Don't you think I should try a little med at this point?

Here is what I am dealing with............
( of course they say it is impossible!)

extreme cold and heat intolerance
hair shedding like a dog
very heavy, long periods
hyper feeling
flare up of my psoriasis
nervous energy

Cannot any dr understand that while suffering with hashi;s it is the norm to be feeling everything at once?????????? What the heck do we have to do to get that through someone's head! I am just going to explode.

Thanks for the vent!

Karen
Oh, you'll love this one!!!!! Yesterday when getting another copy of my biopsy, the nurse told me I DIDN'T have hashimoto's, it said lymphocetic thyroiditis, I told her it is the same thing!!!!!!!!! And she is the nurse???????